Surah Abasa

Phrase by phrase

1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim

   In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

2. 1

   عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

   'abasa wa tawalla

   He frowned and turned away

3. 2

   أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ

   An ja'ahu al‑a'ma

   Because the blind man came unto him.

4. 3

   وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

   Wa ma yudrika la'allahu yazzakka

   What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

5. 4

   أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ

   Aw yadhdhakkaru fatanfa'ahu adh‑dhikra

   Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

6. 5

   أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ

   Amma mani istaghna

   As for him who thinketh himself independent,

7. 6

   فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

   Fa'anta lahu tasadda

   Unto him thou payest regard.

8. 7

   وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

   Wa ma 'alayka alla yazzakka

   Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).

9. 8

   وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

   Wa amma man ja'aka yas'a

   But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

10. 9

    وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

    Wa huwa yakhsha

    And hath fear,

11. 10

    فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

    Fa'anta 'anhu talahha

    From him thou art distracted.

12. 11

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

    Kalla innaha tadhkirah

    Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

13. 12

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    Faman sha'a dhakarah

    So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

14. 13

    فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

    Fi suhufin mukarramah

    On honoured leaves

15. 14

    مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ

    Marfu'atin mutahharah

    Exalted, purified,

16. 15

    بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ

    Bi'aydi safarah

    (Set down) by scribes

17. 16

    كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ

    Kiramin bararah

    Noble and righteous.

18. 17

    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    Qutila al‑insanu ma akfarah

    Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

19. 18

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    Min ayyi shay'in khalaqah

    From what thing doth He create him?

20. 19

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

    Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah

    From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

21. 20

    ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ

    Thumma as‑sabila yassarah

    Then maketh the way easy for him,

22. 21

    ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

    Thumma amatahu fa'aqbarah

    Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

23. 22

    ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

    Thumma idha sha'a ansharah

    Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

24. 23

    كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

    Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarah

    Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

25. 24

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ

    Falyanzuri al‑insanu ila ta'amih

    Let man consider his food:

26. 25

    أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

    Anna sababna al‑ma'a sabba

    How We pour water in showers

27. 26

    ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

    Thumma shaqaqna al‑arda shaqqa

    Then split the earth in clefts

28. 27

    فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

    Fa'anbatna fiha habba

    And cause the grain to grow therein

29. 28

    وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

    Wa 'inaban wa qadba

    And grapes and green fodder

30. 29

    وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

    Wa zaytunan wa nakhla

    And olive-trees and palm-trees

31. 30

    وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا

    Wa hada'iqa ghulba

    And garden-closes of thick foliage

32. 31

    وَفَٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

    Wa fakihatan wa abba

    And fruits and grasses:

33. 32

    مَّتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَٰمِكُمْ

    Mmata'an llakum wa li'an'amikum

    Provision for you and your cattle.

34. 33

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

    Fa'idha ja'ati as‑sakhkhah

    But when the Shout cometh

35. 34

    يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

    Yawma yafirru al‑mar'u min akhih

    On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

36. 35

    وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    Wa ummihi wa abih

    And his mother and his father

37. 36

    وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

    Wa sahibatihi wa banih

    And his wife and his children,

38. 37

    لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

    Likulli imri'in mminhum yawma'idhin sha'nun yughnih

    Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).

39. 38

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

    Wujuhun yawma'idhin mmusfirah

    On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

40. 39

    ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

    Dahikatun mmustabshirah

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

41. 40

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

    Wa wujuhun yawma'idhin 'alayha ghabarah

    And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

42. 41

    تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Tarhaquha qatarah

    Veiled in darkness,

43. 42

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفَرَةُ ٱلْفَجَرَةُ

    Ula'ika humu al‑kafaratu al‑fajarah

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

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